Wednesday Links and Open Thread

  • Tuesday’s numbers: Hannity-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier (8pm) 1-2-3.
  • August 2016 program ranker: Fox News holds 12 of the top 14 slots.
  • Concha: On CNN doctor questions Hillary’s health.  Flashback: ‘reckless‘.
  • Kelly File video: Does Megyn over Facebook’s fake news?
  • Grove: Ailes’s lawyers leading a ‘vicious vendetta‘ against Gabriel Sherman.
  • Allen: Where did Dr Drew go wrong?  Q&A: Greg Agvent, Ayman Mohyeldin.

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

Monday Links and Open Thread

  • Friday’s numbers: Maddow-O’Bolling Factor-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Fox News files response to Tantaros: ‘not a victim…an opportunist’.
  • Out# video: over Clintons’ ‘outrageous bribery’.
  • Flood: Neil Cavuto set to make post-surgery return on September 6.
  • After ‘fixing’ algorithms, Facebook hypes totally fake Megyn Kelly ‘news’.
  • Dylan Byers declares Megyn Kelly out of the running to moderate debate.
  • Concha: Fusion kicks white male debate moderators over 55 to the curb.
  • Survey says: Megyn Kelly, Anderson Cooper top debate moderator picks.
  • Bias? CNN host grills AP exec for publishing exposé on Clinton Foundation.
  • CNN’s Dylan Byers misrepresents Washington Post fact-check.   This is CNN.
  • Maria Molina returning to FNC…sort of.  Bo Dietl resurfaces.  Extra-crispy oops.

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Weekend Links and Open Thread

  • Media Buzz videos: Hillary’s Trump’s Mike
  • Reliable Sources videos: Hillary’s charity; white supremacists; evil FNC.
  • Concha: Trump media feud moves from Megyn Kelly to Mika and Joe.
  • Video: Former WNBC anchor makes his Fox News debut.
  • Greta: Erik Wemple should apologize for ‘absurd’ column smearing me.
  • Kelly File video: Kurtz, Colmes, and Chris on a for Hillary.
  • Clayton Morris moonlighting.  CNN’s F-bomb.  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • Flood: Decision to cancel Dr Drew made weeks ago.  Q&A: John Stossel.

Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Thursday’s numbers: Hannity-Megyn Kelly-Coop/8pm 1-2-3.
  • Outnumbered video: Emails, tax returns, and
  • Concha: John Stossel previews the first FBN Libertarian town hall.
  • Stelter: CNN given Fox News oppo-research file on Gabriel Sherman.
  • Today’s Wemple vs Fox: Ed Henry and the ‘crisis of morality‘ at FNC.
  • Trump demands ‘crazy’ Mika apologize.  Ed Schultz case back in court.
  • Pete Hegseth goes to Israel finding facts.  Video: Jim Angle
  • Ellefson: Get to know Brianna Keilar.   Sally sticks up for Sharia law.
  • The Kelly File videos: Megyn questions and
  • Concha: Nightly’s Larry Wilmore would be a perfect fit for MSNBCNN.
  • Today’s conspiracy: Dr Drew cancelled after he questioned Hillary’s health.

Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Hannity-Coop/9pm 1-2-3.
  • Concha: Ed Henry returning to Fox News…in a different role.
  • Ariens: Dr Drew is leaving HLN; last show will air September 22.
  • Election ‘guru’ Nate Silver attacks FNC while he gives CNN a pass.
  • Can FNC keep Megyn Kelly, the ‘most prized anchor in cable news’?
  • Fox & Friends video: her move to Michigan.
  • Concha: Unethical Ramos doesn’t disclose his own conflict of interest.
  • Coop gets another try-out with Kelly.  Why Sean does those town halls.
  • Late Show videos: Coop w/Colbert Q&A: Brianna Keilar.
  • Fox: Joe Scarborough has a ‘secret’…(that he has discussed repeatedly).
  • Wemple: Tantaros’s crack legal team boasts that they’ve only just begun.
  • Shafer: Has FNC hit its ceiling?  Sakoui: FNC has to expand its demographics.

Wednesday Links and Open Thread

Tuesday Links and Open Thread

  • Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
  • Outnumbered video: over allegations of ‘pay for play’.
  • Concha: Kirsten Powers calls questions about Hillary’s health ‘sexist’.
  • Rothstein: Joe & Mika discuss not discussing Trump ‘girlfriend’ crack.
  • Video: Kirsten Powers debuts on CNN…as one of a six-person panel!
  • Concha: Some in media crusading against covering candidates’ health.
  • Goldberg: Mainstream journalists can behave as badly as Trump shills.
  • Rothstein: Brian Stelter is not what he used to be.  Where’s the capital?
  • Ariens: No Andrea, TVNewser was not ‘created and controlled‘ by Ailes.
  • Say wut?!? A J$ tweet implicated by Tantaros as
  • Tantaros lawsuit serves up melodramatic language, titillating accusations.

Monday Links and Open Thread

Weekend Links and Open Thread

  • MediaBuzz videos: Trump Hillary’s Bannon
  • Reliable Sources: When campaigns spin; Hillary’s pressers; Trump’s Brietbart.
  • Poll: Who should replace Anna Kooiman?  Sunday talkers: preview.
  • F&F Weekend video: her move down under.
  • Hogue: F&FW fans don’t watch for the ‘friends’, they watch for the ‘fox’.
  • Zucker Punch: How a snarky comment ignited the CNN/BuzzFeed feud.
  • Concha: Debate moderators won’t be named until end of August at the earliest.

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Friday Links and Open Thread

  • Adios Anna: Fox & Friends‘s Anna Kooiman moving to Australia.
  • Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-MacCallum (Megyn)-Hannity 1-2-3.
  • Outnumbered videos: and
  • Click-bait: Breitbart’s deceptive headline, Mediaite’s lying headline.
  • Concha: A tale of two Louisiana disasters, and the ensuing media bias.
  • Factor video: analyzes coverage of the Soros hack.
  • Perino: I will never lie to you.  CNN, the most trusted name in drones.
  • Video: Martha MacCallum and discuss paying ransom.
  • MSNBC plans Hillary/Trump forum.  MoJo touts its anti-Trump history.
  • FTV makes public apology…for Hannity and Stelter.  Two FNC execs exit.

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Thursday Links and Open Thread

  • Wednesday’s numbers: Hannity-O’Reilly-Trish Regan (Megyn) 1-2-3.
  • Tom Foreman at Troy University.  Lynne Russell suing Motel 6 et al.
  • Ashley Banfield moves to HLN, Inside Politics takes over noon on CNN.
  • Concha: FNC adds Sunday election report with Bret Baier.   No mo Bo?
  • Suebsaeng: Bo Dietl threatens lawsuit over Gabriel Sherman allegations.
  • Trump/Ailes media conspiracy theory promoted by Stelter, Esquire, et al.
  • Kennedy videos: Party panel debates Trump Ellen’s
  • Lean Forward: Chris Matthews says get excited about Hillary ‘or don’t vote‘.

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Wednesday Links and Open Thread

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Tuesday Links and Open Thread

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